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As a befitting prelude to the 150th birth anniversary celebrations of Tagore, Academy Theatre hosts Rabi Bichitra, a week-long festival on the different facets of the Poet’s genius. Featuring an exhibition of visuals and paintings on and by Tagore, apart from seminars, film shows and stage productions, the festival will also witness the release of Rabindranather Manchagaan, a CD of theatre-songs of Tagore, along with the publication of a commemorative volume. The various presentations will survey how Tagore was influenced by his predecessors and then proceeds to demonstrate his dominance over his successors even till the present day. The festival does a comprehensive and comparative study of the variety of Tagore’s compositions, along with a retrospective of works reflecting the evolution of his vision and craft. On the whole, it will also trace the cross-culture of the last two centuries where indigenous and alien approaches were compelled to confront one another. Moreover, the festival attempts to bridge the dynamism of the performing arts and momentum of the popular culture of Bengal as they have manifested them over succeeding generations.
Event: A festival by Academy Theatre on the different facets of Tagore’s genius
When: January 13 - 19; 6.30 pm onwards
Where: Rabindranath Tagore Centre, ICCR
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ART
January 13 - 19 at Bengal Art Gallery, Rabindranath Tagore Centre, ICCR, 9A Ho Chi Minh Sarani; 11 am - 7 pm: Academy Theatre and Rabindranath Tagore Centre, ICCR, Calcutta present an exhibition of visuals and paintings on and by Rabindranath. Inauguration today at 3 pm.
Till January 14 at Galerie La Mere, 3 Regent Park, 24712612/24811557; 4 pm - 8 pm: La Mere Annual, 2011. Featuring works by Amritah Sen, Arindam Chatterjee, Asoke Mullick, Atin Basak, B.R. Panesar, Bratin Khan, Chandra Bhattacharyya, Chhatrapati Dutta, Debabrata Chakrabarti, Dhiraj Chowdhury, Diptish Ghoshdastidar, Dipali Bhattacharyya, Ganesh Haloi, Hiran Mitra, Jaya Ganguly, Jogen Chowdhury, Krishna Bandyopadhyay, Lalu Prasad Shaw, Monoj Datta, Niranjan Pradhan, Parag Roy, Partha Pratim Deb, Prosenjit Sengupta, Rabin Mondal, Ramananda Bandyopadhyay, Samir Aich, Sanatan Dinda, Seikh Sahajahan, Sekhar Roy, Shymakanu Borthakur, Sreosi Chatterjee, Subrata Gangopadhyay, Suhas Roy, Suktisubhra Pradhan, Sunil Das, Sunil De, Tanup Nath, Tapas Konar and Wasim Kapoor.
Till January 14 at Gorky Sadan; 4 pm - 7 pm: A solo exhibition of paintings by Kanti Choudhury.
Till January 15 at Galerie 88, 28B Shakespeare Sarani, 2290 2274; 11 am - 7 pm, Monday: 2 pm - 7 pm: An exhibition of recent works by Dipak Banerjee.
Till January 16 at 93 Chowringhee Road; 10.30 am - 7 pm: Calcutta Port Officers’ Club presents a group exhibition of sculptures.
Till January 16 at ECA Art Walk, South City Mall; 12 noon - 8 pm: An exhibition of the works of young artists from the collection of Aspect Art Gallery.
Till January 16 at Rashbehari Avenue - S.P. Mukherjee Road crossing (Kalighat Metro station railings): The 19th Annual Street Art Exhibition by Achin Potua.
Till January 16 at Shree Art Gallery, 11 Gurusaday Road, Kusum Apartment, Flat no. 61, 30222040; 3 pm - 7 pm: Paintings by Debabrata Chakraborty, Dipti Chakraborty, Samil Paul, Nitya Kundu, Milanendu Mondal, P.C. Sen, Arun Samaddar, Subrata Das, Pramathesh Chandra, Chandidas Bhattacharya, Ananda Das, Deben Laha, Prabal Roy, Tanmoy Roychowdhury, Aditi Chakraborty Sadhu, Ashis Mondal, Jibon Biswas, Ranadip Das, Khokon Raut, Ramaprasad De and others.
Till January 16 at Society of Contemporary Artists’ Gallery, 398 Rashbehari Avenue Bypass Connector Road; 4 pm - 8 pm: The Lost North Wind — paintings and sculpture by four contemporary artistsBibhuti Chakraborty, Nirmal Kanti Chakraborty, Pradip Bhowmick and Ratan Saha.
Till January 23 at Presidency Court, 55 Gariahat Road; 3 pm - 7 pm: HSBC InvestDirect, in association with Chitrakoot Art Gallery, presents an exhibition of paintings, titled Early Paintings of Bengal in Oil.
Till January 29 (except Sundays) at Aakriti Art Gallery, Orbit Enclave, 1st floor, 12/3A Hungerford Street, 2289 3027/ 5041; 12 noon - 7 pm: A Fleeting World: Paintings by Sunil De.
Till January 30 (except Mondays & January 23, 26) at Birla Academy; 3 pm - 8 pm: Birla Academy of Art & Culture presents 44th Annual Exhibition 2011.
Till January 30 (except Mondays & January 26) at Victoria Memorial Hall, Portrait Gallery; 10 am - 5 pm: An exhibition of paintings from the collection of Victoria Memorial Hall: India: Land and People by Western Artists.
pERFORMING ARTS
January 13 - 15 at Chowdhury House, 5/1 Gariahat Road; 6 pm: In aid of Rural Health Care Foundation, Moore Avenue Music Conference, in association with Chowdhury House, presents a Hindustani classical music featival. Today, 6 pm: Partha Bose (sitar), Ruchira Panda (vocal) and Ronu Mazumdar (flute).
DRAMA
January 13 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Purba Paschim presents Tagore’s Raktokarabi, with Chaiti Ghoshal, Subhrajit Dutta and Soumitra Mitra comprising the main cast. Music: Amaan Ali Khan and Ayaan Ali Khan. Direction: Gautam Haldar, filmmaker.
January 13 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.15 pm: Spandan Kolkata presents Sangram Guha’s latest play, Fingerprints 26/11.
Till January 15 at Minerva Theatre: Shohan presents the 2nd Children’s Theatre Festival. Today: Anyamon (Nadia) presents Aalo (Dir: Jaydeep Biswas) at 6.30 pm; and Eso Natak Shikhi (Calcutta) presents Ajab Hanri (Dir: Tapas Das) at 7.45 pm.
January 14 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Nandikar will stage Madhabi. Drama : Bhisham Sahni. Direction : Swatilekha Sengupta. Cast : Rudraprasad Sengupta, Debsankar Halder, Partha Pratim Deb, Sumanta Gangopadhyay & Sohini Sengupta.
TALK
January 13 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Shivananda Hall; 6.15 pm: Swami Somatmananda will speak in Bengali on Sri Sri Mayer Katha.
January 13 at Bidhannagar Ramakrishna Vivekananda Kendra, DD-44 Salt Lake City; 6 pm: Anjali Banerjee will speak on Sri Sri Mayer Katha.
January 13 at Ramakrishna Vedanta Math, Abhedananda Memorial Hall; 7 pm: Swami Buddhatmananda will speak on Abhedananda Darsana.
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Till January 16 at Kala Kunj (Kala Mandir basement); 7.30 pm: Discourses in English by Swami Parthasarathy on Isavasya Upanishad.
exhibition
Till January 23 at Abanindranath Gallery, Rabindranath Tagore Centre, ICCR, 9A Ho Chi Minh Sarani; 10 am - 6 pm: A spectacular collection of mainly traditional Japanese dolls of various forms, sunch as Miyabi, Tsubaki, etc., in a typical Japanese ambience.
Till January 13 at Bajoria Banquet Hall, opp. Southern Market; 11 am - 8 pm: Rakamari presents designer saris, dress material, home decors, jewellery, cosmetics, utility items, etc. Details at 9874293324, 9748755183.
Till January 14 at Ekadila crossing Banquet Hall, 16/2 Gariahat Road, 9830054718; 11 am - 8.30 pm: Joyita’s Selection presents Barsha Baran Utsav, which includes designer clothes, Lucknow chikan, costume jewellery and gift items.
Till January 19 at Sunil Art Gallery, 171/2D Rashbehari Avenue; 2 pm - 7 pm: An exhibition by Dhii (artwork & soft furnishing).
FESTIVAL
January 13 - 19 at Rabindranath Tagore Centre, ICCR: Rabi Bichitra, the week-long festival of Academy Theatre endeavours to presents a selection of Tagore’s genius with varied stage productions, film shows, lectures and exhibition of visuals and paintings on and by Rabindranath. Today at Satyajit Ray Auditorium, 6.30 pm: Rabithakurer Saptasurey Manabigatha Antapurey (Influence of Rabindranath on the Poetess of Tagore Family). Script & direction: Riddhi Bandyopadhyay. Performers: Riddhi Bandyopadhyay, Tripti Chakrabarti, Manasi Bandyopadhyay, Dolon Roy and Devajit Bandyopadhyay.
January 14 - 16 at various heritage sites and at Oxford Bookstore: Apeejay Kolkata Literary Festival 2011 celebrates the spirit of books, music, art, film and much more with the country’s leading creative minds.
BIRTH ANNIVERSARY
January 13 at Ramakrishna Mission Swami Vivekananda’s Ancestral House and Cultural Centre, 3 Gour Mohan Mukherjee Street; 8.30 am onwards: Swami Vivekananda’s birthday celebration: Youth convention (8.30 am); and cultural programme (4.30 pm).
January 13 at Sri Aurobindo Bhavan, 8 Shakespeare Sarani; 6 pm: Celebration of Nalinikanta Gupta’s birth anniversary with reading & recitation by Dipak Mukherjee and Sukriti Lahari, and songs by Agnibin Chattopadhyay. Presented by Shrinwantu.
PHOTOGRAPHS
Till January 14 at Seagull Arts and Media Resource Centre, 36C S.P. Mukherjee Road; 2 pm - 8 pm: The Seagull Foundation for the Arts & Tasveer with Bernard J Shapero Rare Books, in association with Ganjam, present One Hundred Vintage Views of India. A selection of early views of the great cities of Delhi, Mumbai, Calcutta and many others, or the rich cultural heritage as seen in the earliest photographs of Mughal and Hindu archaeological sites.
Till January 14 at Emami Chisel Art, ground floor; 11 am - 7 pm: A solo show by Maria Arantzazu Puente Fernandez, a young photography artist from La Coruna, Spain.
Till January 14 at Earthcare Books and Resource Centre, 10 Middleton Street, 22296551; 11 am - 7 pm: My Kumartuli — an exhibition of photographs by Wera Saether.
AWARD
January 13 at Padatik Buildwell Theatre, 6/7 AJC Bose Road; 6.30 pm: B.D. Sureka, president, Padatik, will present the Shyamanand Jalan Youth Theatre Award 2011 to Ayesha Nair for her script Third Time’s the Harm. This will be followed by a panel discussion on Indian Playwriting - Contexts for the Future. Panelists: Rajinder Nath, Ananda Lal and Ayesha Nair. Moderator: Jayant Kripalani.
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PRESENTATION
January 14 at The Harrington Street Arts Centre, 8 Ho Chi Minh Sarani, Harrington Mansions, 2nd floor, Flat no. 5 & 25B; 6 pm: British Council and The Harrington Street Arts Centre, in association with Flow, Education and Culture Consultants Private Limited, present Dimensions in British Contemporary Art 1990 – 2010. Art historian and cultural consultant Katherine Rose will present the most exciting trends of the last 20 years of British art. Rose and noted painter Shuvaprasanna will be in conversation on The Importance of Contemporary British and Indian Art
QUIZ
January 15 at Lake Friends Swimming Club, opp. Nazrul Mancha; 4.30 pm: Open general Quiz for 4-member teams. Entry fee: Rs 100 per team. For details, contact Supratim Chakladar (98310 33263).
WORKSHOP
January 15 at Objet D’ Art, 14/1B Palm Avenue: Workshop on jewellery making. For details, call 9831200077.
January 16, 23 & 30 at Eduzone, Southern Avenue; 11 am onwards: One hour free diagnostic test & a free workshop on SAT, GRE, GMAT, TOEFL & IELTS. Certification courses in basic, intermediate and advanced French & Spanish. Public speaking, personality enhancement, spoken English and soft skill courses on offer. See www. eduzoneindia.com. Register at eduzoneindia@gmail.com or call 9830020277, 92306135278.
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